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Cheri Thriver
@cherithriver.bsky.social
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Always curious. Writer. #12x12PB #amquerying #kidlit Recipe developer. Product designer. Funma! (she/her) Blog: http://cooking2thrive.com
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cherithriver.bsky.social
The time change has made me a sleepy bear this week, but next week will be different! I'll be wide awake giggling at This Is Not A Sleepy Bear Book! Can't wait. Get a copy and giggle with me!

#ThisIsNotASleepyBearBook #childrensbooks #kidlit #humor
@briangehrlein.bsky.social
Cover of children's book with a smiling bear and an owl with a book in bed under teal covers. Another bear extends above the cover looking down while a third looks up yawning. Words say coming Nov 11. Little Brown Young Readers logo.
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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patbrownbooks.bsky.social
It's November, and do you know what that means?There's only 10 days left until This is Not a Sleepy Bear Book comes into this world! Woo hoo! I can "bearly" wait! 🥰🐻🦉🎵🎶#ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook @briangehrlein.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Saw a preview of this last night. Amazed by Billy Magnussen's performance and wowed by the skill of @johnmichaelpowell.bsky.social !

#ViolentEnds #BillyMagnussen
liveforfilms.bsky.social Phil Edwards - Live for Films @liveforfilms.bsky.social · Sep 26
Violent Ends – Watch Billy Magnussen, James Badge Dale, Alexandra Shipp and more in the trailer for the new thriller bit.ly/427X8Hq

#ViolentEnds #BillyMagnussen #JamesBadgeDale #AlexandraShipp #KateBurton #NickStahl #JohnMichaelPowell #RayMcKinnon #film
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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pbrisingstars.bsky.social
⭐️ GIVEAWAY TIME! ⭐️
We’re just ONE WEEK from our big, history-making #PBRisingStars announcement, so let’s celebrate with 4 incredible picture books from past mentors! 📚✨

To enter:
1️⃣ Follow us on Bluesky
2️⃣ Like this post
3️⃣ Tag a friend (1 tag = 1 entry!)

Winner announced on 10/30 with our big news!
text reads: giveaway! win books from past mentors! with four picture book covers of BOLD, BRILLIANT AND LATINE, SALON SATURDAY, WHAT IF YOU WISH?, and WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
If you missed this live, be sure to catch the replay. It was amazing! Thanks
@natashakhankazi.bsky.social
#12x12
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
"This Is Not A Sleepy Bear Book" is the laugh I needed to start my morning! Thanks @briangehrlein.bsky.social ! This book never stops being funny!

#ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidsbooks #writingcommunity
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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emo-sludge.com
If the quality of your work doesn’t matter—just the speed at which you can produce it—then you’re not making art. You’re making content.
Hi. If I write a game a week, a blog a day, a pixelart image a day, music each week, as well as continuing to build a programming language.. Then is it ok to quickly generate a youtube thumbnail to save myself an hour of extra drawing at the end of a long day of doing the crappy "upload" stuff?
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
@picturebooksummit.bsky.social 2025 was fabulous! Left me inspired and tired (in a good way). Thanks to the team for putting together an amazing conference!
#kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
FRAUD ALERT: I have nothing to do with these phony books using my name on the cover. I have not written a memoir or partnered/inspired any cookbooks!
Attempts to get Amazon to take these down have gone nowhere.
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Sometimes it's great to read like a reader! A great place to do it, Dad Suggests Books in Fayetteville, AR.

#reading #kidlit #fayettevillear #books
Bookstore with round table displaying children's books. Background shows cavelike entrance to reading nook. Reading nook interior shows fireplace and reading spot with arched opening and padded bench seat.
July 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Some fun on display at Pearl's Books Fayetteville, AR
@taralazar.bsky.social #fayettevilleAR #kidlit #12x12
@pearlsbooks.bsky.social
Photo of Flat Cat The Class Pet displayed in front of shelves of books in bookstore.
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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picturebooksummit.bsky.social
Here's a fun quiz just for picture book writers! Get writing tips curated for you!⁠
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picturebooksummit.co...⁠

#amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
July 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Love PB Summit! Don't miss it!

#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
picturebooksummit.bsky.social Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · May 31
It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for:

BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS!

Early Bird registration begins 6/12!
#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Congratulations!!!
#kidlit
pbrisingstars.bsky.social PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social · May 16
PRESENTING: the 2025 PB RISING STARS mentees, runners up, and honorable mentions! 🤩🤩🤩

We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.

CONGRATS TO ALL!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
May 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
@layet.bsky.social

Here's an illustrator starter pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

#illustrator #starterpack
bsky.app
May 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Smart garlic rope lime basket move!
thoughtrise.bsky.social .chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · Apr 23
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet
April 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
I need the high road to be less painful for about 5 minutes!

#highroad #kindness
February 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Weighing in on the egg conversation, do old eggs really peel more easily or was that just something my grandmother said?

#eggs
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
So true!
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
I just read your interview with CanvasRebel.
Over 7000 of these art pieces, wow! They're magical!
#art #kidlit #natureart

canvasrebel.com/meet-chelsey...
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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briangehrlein.bsky.social
40% off Zoom AND written critiques?! 🤩

www.pbspotlight.com/critiques
#amquerying #kidlit #picturebooks
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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katemessner.com
And let’s stop talking about sad books vs. funny books as an either/or situation. There’s a reason people laugh over the casseroles and pastries after a funeral. It’s healing. And kids’ books that deal with grief offer way more than just sadness.
January 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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carriefinison.bsky.social
Writers - pass it on.
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From the privacy community on Reddit: How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents
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January 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Fantastic news! Congratulations. @marziehabbas.bsky.social and @anooshasyed.com
marziehabbas.bsky.social Marzieh Abbas | Kidlit Author @marziehabbas.bsky.social · Jan 20
Wohooo!!
So happy @anooshasyed.com and my book won the Muslim Book Award 2024!
Can't wait for our shiny new stickers to arrive!
January 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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readerofbannedbook.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM